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| author | Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> | 2015-08-04 15:34:10 +0300 |
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| committer | Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> | 2015-08-05 22:17:55 +0300 |
| commit | 49380b7ee362970ac6b553335968e74bc1186e0d (patch) | |
| tree | bae169ec77c3223d74b9636b7d2847fab837cf27 /winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | |
| parent | 9698cc0f330d16a47dbca04b4c84a5cf7c8dbff0 (diff) | |
Improve FAQ answer on debugging Cygwin
Improve FAQ answer on debugging Cygwin to mention the cygwin-debuginfo package
and the gdb command 'set cygwin-exceptions on'.
2015-08-03 Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
* faq-programming.xml: Improve debugging-cygwin answer.
Signed-off-by: Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | 26 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml index 491da5dbf..0c936ebd6 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml @@ -747,14 +747,32 @@ same time. Remove all but one. <question><para>I may have found a bug in Cygwin, how can I debug it (the symbols in gdb look funny)?</para></question> <answer> -<para>Debugging symbols are stripped from distibuted Cygwin binaries, so any -symbols that you see in gdb are basically meaningless. It is also a good +<para>Debugging symbols are stripped from distibuted Cygwin binaries, so to +debug with <command>gdb</command> you will need to install the +<package>cygwin-debuginfo</package> package to obtain the debug symbols for +<filename>cygwin1.dll</filename> +</para> + +<para> +If your bug causes an exception inside <filename>cygwin1.dll</filename> you will +need to use the <command>gdb</command> command <userinput>set cygwin-exceptions +on</userinput> to tell <command>gdb</command> to stop on exceptions inside the +Cygwin DLL (by default they are ignored, as they may be generated during normal +operation e.g. when checking a pointer is valid) +</para> + +<para> +It is also a good idea to use the latest code in case the bug has been fixed, so we recommend trying the latest snapshot from -<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/snapshots/"/> or building the DLL from GIT. +<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/snapshots/"/> or building the DLL from git. </para> + <para>To build a debugging version of the Cygwin DLL, you will need to follow -the instructions at <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin"/>. +the instructions at <ulink url="https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin"/>. +</para> + +<para> You can also contact the mailing list for pointers (a simple test case that demonstrates the bug is always welcome). </para> |